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About Linux

Linux is a free Unix-type
operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers
around the world. Developed under the
GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux is
freely available to everyone.

Structure of Linux

The Structure of
Linux has four main components as follows:

The Linux
kernel

The
File-system organization

The
multi-user concept

The GUI
system

A brief history of Debian Linux

Debian was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock, then a student at
Purdue University, who wrote the Debian Manifesto which called
for the creation of a Linux distribution to be maintained in an
open manner, in the spirit of Linux and GNU. He chose the name
by combining the first name of his then-girlfriend (now wife)
Debra with his own first name "Ian", forming the portmanteau
"Debian", pronounced as debian (deb-e′-en).

The Debian Project grew slowly at first and released its first
0.9x versions in 1994 and 1995. The first ports to other
architectures were begun in 1995, and the first 1.x version of
Debian was released in 1996. In 1996, Bruce Perens replaced Ian
Murdock as the project leader. At the suggestion of fellow
developer Ean Schuessler, he guided the editing process of the
Debian Social Contract and the Debian Free Software Guidelines,
defining fundamental commitments for the development of the
distribution. He also initiated the creation of the legal
umbrella organization Software in the Public Interest.

Bruce Perens left in 1998 before the release of the first glibc-based
Debian, 2.0. The Project proceeded to elect new leaders and made
two more 2.x releases, each including more ports and more
packages. APT was deployed during this time and the first port
to a non-Linux kernel, Debian GNU/Hurd, was started as well. The
first Linux distributions based on Debian, Corel Linux and
Stormix's Storm Linux, were started in 1999. Though no longer
developed, these distributions were the first of many
distributions based on Debian.

In late 2000, the Project made major changes to archive and
release management, reorganizing software archive processes with
new "package pools" and creating a testing branch as an ongoing,
relatively stable staging area for the next release. In 2001,
developers began holding an annual conference called Debconf
with talks and workshops for developers and technical users.

Debian Releases

The sweet part of the releases is that the names are all derived
from the movie "Toy Story" by Pixar. Sounds kiddish isn't? But, we
love it!!!

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